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Sure it's possible Jan, but why don't you just get to the point and spit out your tongue?
RG
The point should be obvious. RR's positive review of the Infinities praises their dynamic capabilities, in part due to his experience while listening to a Dolby Digital soundtrack played in midnight mode compression. While there appears to be more than sufficient reason to find the speaker's performance appealling in other areas, RR's reasoning regarding two channel DD is flawed. There can be all sorts of reasons for limiting your ht system to only two speakers but RR's argument for this set up should not be taken to heart by anyone desiring the broadest dynamic range and, one could conclude, the "best" ht experience. I think it fair to say most of us would not willfully choose to listen to our ht systems in a permanently compressed state. It should be noted that downmixing the 5.1 tracks to anything less than 5.1 speakers will result in exactly that. That is my point.
I'm not saying RR's review of the product should be devalued for this reason, only that his "advice" regarding ht set up has consequences most people do not realize. The information is not well known among audio/video salespeople and not widely disseminated by the press. I doubt the issue will affect the majority of Stereophile readers today but with the upcoming switch to digital broadcasts and DD soundtracks it might be information worth knowing and passing along to friends.
I intentionally did not title this thread "Infinity Primus 162" since my point is not about the product itself. My point has to do with the (mis)use of DD and its implications to the listener. And, by the way, this compression when downmixing is not a problem with DTS material.